I bev, when I bought the current boat it had probably the most dissuading bilge I've ever encountered. It was actually a storage compartment for some of the nastiest smelling sludge I've had to deal with, almost a gel!
So after removing that, i used bleach and a scrub brush. Dave here on the list suggested filling the bilge with water, I added bleach to that, got a scrub brush with a long handle and scrubbed and scrubbed as far as I could reach, rinsed with water from a hose. I did that twice. Of course the boat was on the hard. All and all I scrubbed that whole bilge 4 or 5 times and that old boat smell was gone and the bilge was now a pleasure to work in. Having a garboard drain helped with the whole process but a decent pump would work Then, a friend had a dewalt wet and dry battery powered vac on board his boat. I now keep one of those on board to suck the bilge dry once a week at least. DannyOn Jan 24, 2017 9:24 PM, Bev Parslow via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > With a few drips of oil and some water from the stuffing box the engine > compartment is quite messy. I really would like to have it clean as well as > the bilge. Are there any suggestions? _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
